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Key broken off in Yale patio door lock... How to fix?
Hi,
We have sliding patio doors and the key has broken and is now stuck in the main yale lock. I cannot remove the key. I cannot see how to remove the lock. This isn't urgent, it's been broken for months but with the summer coming up I thought I'd better get it fixed! Please can anyone advise on what I can do? Many thanks, Andy |
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One option is to call a locksmith. While wearing my locksmith hat, I've
pulled a lot of broken keys. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org www.mormons.com wrote in message oups.com... Hi, We have sliding patio doors and the key has broken and is now stuck in the main yale lock. I cannot remove the key. I cannot see how to remove the lock. This isn't urgent, it's been broken for months but with the summer coming up I thought I'd better get it fixed! Please can anyone advise on what I can do? Many thanks, Andy |
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"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message ... One option is to call a locksmith. While wearing my locksmith hat, I've pulled a lot of broken keys. Instead of calling a locksmith, could the OP just borrow your hat? |
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wrote in message oups.com... Hi, We have sliding patio doors and the key has broken and is now stuck in the main yale lock. I cannot remove the key. I cannot see how to remove the lock. I have fished a few out with a dental pick. You can find sets of picks in catalogs and such. The picks are strong but flexible. You could also try a very fine, narrow coping saw blade. Just snip off one end near the teeth to remove the pin and slip it into the lock with the teeth pointing back towards you. When you pull the blade out, the teeth might catch the broken key and pull it out as well. YMMV. Les |
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Sure, 7 3/4. Hope it fits OK.
-- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org www.mormons.com "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message news:I4vee.18876$KP.4125@trndny02... "Stormin Mormon" wrote in message ... One option is to call a locksmith. While wearing my locksmith hat, I've pulled a lot of broken keys. Instead of calling a locksmith, could the OP just borrow your hat? |
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Please can anyone advise on what I can do?
Even if you get the key out, the reason it stuck may be a faulty mechanism that will just get the next one stuck. Drill it out and replace the lock. The metals are soft; this isn't difficult. |
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In article , Richard J Kinch wrote:
Please can anyone advise on what I can do? Even if you get the key out, the reason it stuck may be a faulty mechanism that will just get the next one stuck. Or it may be simply that the lock needs a bit of lubrication. Drill it out and replace the lock. The metals are soft; this isn't difficult. That's just ridiculous. Get the key out, then lube the lock with powdered graphite, or graphite in oil. There's no need to replace the lock. -- Regards, Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com) Nobody ever left footprints in the sands of time by sitting on his butt. And who wants to leave buttprints in the sands of time? |
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Golly Doug, is there anything you can't do?
I'm so impressed! Electrical, plumbing, runoff/drainage calculations, roofing, window installation and repair, drywalling expert, gas piping expert, HVAC expert, appliance guru, political pundit, and now .... LOCKSMITHING! You are my hero! |
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Doug Miller writes:
Drill it out and replace the lock. The metals are soft; this isn't difficult. That's just ridiculous. Get the key out, then lube the lock with powdered graphite, or graphite in oil. There's no need to replace the lock. I should have qualified, "given that getting the key out was not practical," which I expect is the case. |
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"Richard J Kinch" wrote in message .. . Drill it out and replace the lock. The metals are soft; this isn't difficult. Why drill if your just gonna replace it anyways ??? Remove it and pull the cylinder....with the key still in it, all the tumblers are already in the proper position. Should be a piece of cake. -- SVL |
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wrote in message
oups.com... Hi, We have sliding patio doors and the key has broken and is now stuck in the main yale lock. I cannot remove the key. I cannot see how to remove the lock. This isn't urgent, it's been broken for months but with the summer coming up I thought I'd better get it fixed! Please can anyone advise on what I can do? Many thanks, Andy First, you shouldn't have posted this here. Try the locksmithing group instead. The people here are mostly hacks, not professionals or do-it-yourselfers who do quality work. But if you just can't pull the lock, which you really should be able to do, just weld a piece of metal to the key and pull it out that way. A quick tack should do. |
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PrecisionMachinisT writes:
Why drill if your just gonna replace it anyways ??? Fine, if it is indeed open. Sometimes the wrong key is what is stuck. |
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Sorry for posing in the wrong forum!
Many thanks for all the advice people PS. I am going to call a locksmith since the key is well and truly buried and I can't get a hold of it... |
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I agree. No locksmith would reccomend welding to a piece of key. Nor a
quality DIY would reccomend that. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org www.mormons.com "Julie P." wrote in message ... First, you shouldn't have posted this here. Try the locksmithing group instead. The people here are mostly hacks, not professionals or do-it-yourselfers who do quality work. But if you just can't pull the lock, which you really should be able to do, just weld a piece of metal to the key and pull it out that way. A quick tack should do. |
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wrote in message oups.com... Sorry for posing in the wrong forum! Many thanks for all the advice people PS. I am going to call a locksmith since the key is well and truly buried and I can't get a hold of it... Sheesh. Take the two screws loose that hold it together. Pull out the assembly. Take it to Home Depot. Take an extra key you have around if possible. If not, take another cylinder off. Home Depot will fix it for you and probably won't even have to replace the tumblers. Then take the money you WOULD have used for a locksmith and take your family out to dinner. And a movie. And some frozen yogurt. And put what's left in your kid's piggy bank. Rocket surgery it ain't. Steve |
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On Fri, 6 May 2005 07:32:35 -0700, "SteveB"
wrote: Sheesh. Take the two screws loose that hold it together. Pull out the assembly. Take it to Home Depot. Take an extra key you have around if possible. If not, take another cylinder off. Home Depot will fix it for you and probably won't even have to replace the tumblers. Probably the lock tumblers were sticky or worn such that the key stem acquired a small fracture that eventually broke inside the keyhole. That lockset might as well be replaced. Just drill out the keyslot. This will wreak the tumblers. That will let you rotate the assembly to unlock the door and position the assembly so that you can unscrew the whole lockset. |
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